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Scam Artists – real and virtual

Posted on August 21, 2006 by

I was just the potential victim of a classic New York scam.  I was walking back to my office from a visit to the Mac Store on 59th Street and 5th Avenue at 3pm.  On 53rd Street between 6th and 7th avenues, I brush against another pedestrian walking very slowly to my right. I literally…

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Convenient simulation of an Inconvenient Truth (redux)

Posted on August 18, 2006 by

Back in June I blogged about the amazing working ecosystem called Svarga that Laukosargas Svarog had created in Second Life. I concluded that : While global warming might be an inconvenient truth that people don’t want to face, creating more interactive, fun ways for people to learn about how the Earth operates might help convince…

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Education in Second Life: it’s about collaboration not frames-per-second

Posted on August 18, 2006 by

The Boston Phoenix has a well-written article on education in Second Life, entitled "Right-click to Learn." Nice quotes from several prominent SL educators and students including Pathfinder Linden, Rebecca Nesson, Lori Bell, Jeremy Kemp and Sarah "Intellagirl Tully" Robbins.  I like how the journalist Kate Cohen focuses on the community interaction aspects of the virtual…

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Joss Whedon speech: Why I write strong female characters (video)

Posted on August 17, 2006 by

Just when I was sure that Joss Whedon could not get cooler, my pal Chivalrous posted a link to a YouTube video of the Buffy and Firefly creator giving a speech for the feminist group Equality Now.  As always, Joss alternates between being profound and funny, often within the same sentence.  Makes me think there…

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Google Flight Sim: Hey, I can see your house from up here!

Posted on August 17, 2006 by

This is just silly and cool.  Clever flash programmer Mark Caswell-Daniels has taken the Google Maps API and added a very simple flight simulator to it he calls Goggles.  You can scroll through the listing of major cities to flyover, which is fun if you happen to live there.  Or you can do a slight…

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The Virtual Lounge : Where all the cool kids log-in

Posted on August 16, 2006 by

Yesterday I was reading a Clickable Culture blog entry about a pop music-oriented virtual environment called "The Lounge," developed by "adverworld" creators Doppelganger.   I decided to go check it out.

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Preservation Hall Band brings Bourbon Street to Manhattan

Posted on August 16, 2006 by

New York is always a great place to hear live jazz, from Julliard student trios in divey bars to full jazz orchestras at Jazz at Lincoln Center.  But New Orleans kicks our ass in the jazz department (and blues, and zydeco, etc.).  I had the enormous pleasure of seeing the legendary Preservation Hall Jazz Band…

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Virtual ball-and-chain to free real slaves

Posted on August 15, 2006 by

After posting my blog entry about the Global Kids event on child sex slavery, I was corresponding with Global Kids staffer Barry Joseph ("GlobalKids Bixby" in-world). Barry and I agreed that it would be great if adult SL residents could benefit from the work that was done on the teen grid event.  A few emails…

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The Metaverse as Civic Space

Posted on August 14, 2006 by

Reflecting on last week’s Metaverse event at Eyebeam, it seems to me that one aspect that was barely touched upon was the idea of the metaverse as a new form of civic space.  The virtual agora, if you will.  Prokofy Neva got closest, talking about the need for gathering places and a common rule of…

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Send in those machinima flicks to the 2006 Festival in Queens!

Posted on August 12, 2006 by

My buddy Paul Marino, president of the Academy of Machinima Arts and Sciences, sends out the news that the 2006 Machinima Festival has opened up for submissions.  The Machinima Festival is the Academy of Machinima Arts and Sciences’ annual event showcasing Machinima works, producers and technologies. It takes place this year from November 4-6 in…

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